Letter-file



Patented May 23, I899.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE H. \VILEY, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

LETTER-FILE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 625,374, dated May 23, 1899.

Application filed April 3, 1897. Serial N0- 630,5l.6. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE H. WILEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut,haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Letter-Files, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art can make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of letter-files in which flexible partitions are used to divide the case into suitable compartments, the invention being especially applicable for use in such class of files in which a single strip extending back and forth across the file forms several partitions; and the object of my invention is to provide means permanently attached to the file by which the compartments may be subdivided if desired, these subdivided compartments being so constructed that the space inclosed by them may be increased at will within the limits of the structure.

To this end my invention consists in the details of the several parts making up the device as a whole and in the combination of such parts, as hereinafter described, and more particularly set out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of file in which my invention is adapted for use. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing a portion of a blank from which the partitions are formed on reduced scale. Fig. 3 is a detail top view of a file, showing my invention. Fig. 4c is a detail end view, in vertical section, through the file on a line passing through the file on plane denoted by dotted line X X.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes a file made of any suitable, flexible, and durable material, as paper-board, and having a fiap 1), adapted to overlie the open end of the file. The sides 0 are joined by gusseted ends d and a gusseted bottom 6. Partitions f, formed, preferably, of a single piece of material, extend a number of times across the file from end to end and are gusseted to correspond with the gusseted end portions d of the file, to which they are properly secured. This form of file is of well-known construction and forms no invention, except in connection with other parts to be hereinafter described, this special form of file having been chosen to illustrate the invention from the fact that the invention is especially applicable in connection with such a file.

The partitions fare formed from a continuous blank g, Fig. 2 of the drawings, the three dotted lines extending vertically across the piece denoting the points at which the piece is bent to form the gussets for engaging the end portions of the file. On the bottom edge of the strip g folded flaps h are formed at suitable intervals apart, these flaps when folded forming partitionsrl, extending upward alongside the main partition f. The horizontal dotted lines in Fig. 2 represent the points at which the folded flap is creased to form a gusset, by means of which the folded partitions may be moved away from the main partition by the contents placed in the compartment between the two to increase the area of the compartment. The folded partition islocated at sufficient distance from the bottom of the file to have afree lateral play without interfering with the gusseted bottom 6. These folded flaps h may be provided at suitable dis tances apart on the blank 9 to locate the folded partitions in any desired position in the file. As shown in the drawings, the folded flaps are located on the blank g at such intervals that when'folded up on the same side of the flap two folded partitions are located in a space between two of the main partitions f, the alternate spaces between the partitions f being free from folded partitions. It will be seen, however, that by folding the flaps h on opposite sides of the blank 9 afolded partition will be located in the spaces between each of the main partitions f.

At the point of connection between the folded flaps h and the blank g a gusset is formed similar to that between each of the partitions, the purpose of this being to allow an increase in the area of the compartment within certain limits.

WVhile my invention has been described in connection with a gusseted file and as inte- ICC 1. In combination in a letter-file, a main partition and a folded partition formed from an integral fiap upturned from the bottom edge of the strip forming the main partition formed of a strip of material.

2. In a letter-file in combination, a main: partition and a folded partition formed from an integral flap upturned from the bottom edge of the strip forming the main partition and with a gusseted fold formed of a strip of material.

3. In combination in a letter-file or the like, a partition formed of a single piece extendingback and forth across the file, and a folded partition upturned from the bottom edge of the strip forming the main partition.

4. In combination ina letter-file or the like, a main partition extending back and forth across the file and folded partitions upturned from the bottom edges of the strip forming the main partition and located in the compartments formed thereby.

5. In combination in aletter-file or the like a main partition formed of a single piece extending back and forth across the file, and a folded partition upturned from the bottom edge of the strip forming the main partition and having a gusseted fold at the bottom thereof.

6. In combination in a letter-file or the like, main partitions consisting of a single piece extending back and forth across the file, and folding partitions connected thereto by a gusseted fold upturned from the bottom edge of the main partition at intervals and located in the compartments between said main partitions.

CLARENCE H. WILEY.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR l3. JENKINS, ERMA P. CoFFRIN. 

